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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
The year range isn't well defined, I've seen it as high as 1987.
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Sorry, the max range I've seen is 1975 to 1985. Now bugger off you dirty millennial
Seriously though, I don't think anyone is suggesting that there are or should be rigid rules when it comes to a (mostly trivial) thing like this. However, I also agree with octothrop that there are statistic/demographic measures that support certain groupings. For example, millennials are defined as:
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Millennials, also known as Generation Y or Gen Y, are the generational demographic cohort following Generation X and preceding Generation Z. There are no precise dates for when this cohort starts or ends; demographers and researchers typically use the early 1980s as starting birth years and the mid-1990s to early 2000s as ending birth years. Millennials are sometimes referred to as "echo boomers" due to a major surge in birth rates in the 1980s and 1990s, and because millennials are often the children of the baby boomers. Although millennial characteristics vary by region, depending on social and economic conditions, the generation has been generally marked by an increased use and familiarity with communications, media and digital technologies.
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I think it's also safe to say that as technology has evolved, and as (western) society has evolved (including parenting and other norms), certain patterns do emerge.
At the same time, I'm not suggesting everyone born after a certain year fits within the "special snowflake" stereotype... so sorry to offend any of you snowflakes and non-snowflakes out there
